To Obtain Informed Consent or Not to Obtain Informed Consent? Drones for Health Programs in the Grey Zone between Research and Public Health
Drones are increasingly being introduced to support healthcare delivery around the world. Most Drones for Health projects are currently in the pilot phase, where frontline staff are testing the feasibility of implementing drones into their healthcare system. Many of these projects are happening in r...
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| author | Vyshnave Jeyabalan Lorie Donelle Patrick Meier Elysée Nouvet |
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| description | Drones are increasingly being introduced to support healthcare delivery around the world. Most Drones for Health projects are currently in the pilot phase, where frontline staff are testing the feasibility of implementing drones into their healthcare system. Many of these projects are happening in remote localities where populations have been historically under-served within national healthcare systems. Currently, there exists limited drone-specific guidance on best practices for engaging individuals in decision-making about drone use in their communities. Towards supporting the development of such guidance, this paper focuses on the issue of obtaining community and individual consent for implementing Drones for Health projects. This paper is based on original qualitative research involving semi-structured interviews (<i>N</i> = 16) with program managers and implementation staff hired to work on health-related projects using drone technologies. In this paper, we introduce a scenario described by one participant to highlight the ethical and practical challenges associated with the implementation and use of drones for health-related purposes. We explore the ethical and practical complexities of obtaining informed consent from individuals who reside in communities where Drones for Health projects are implemented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-30b72728e9f7459da460b9b337b49e7c2023-11-17T18:58:03ZengMDPI AGDrones2504-446X2023-04-017424710.3390/drones7040247To Obtain Informed Consent or Not to Obtain Informed Consent? Drones for Health Programs in the Grey Zone between Research and Public HealthVyshnave Jeyabalan0Lorie Donelle1Patrick Meier2Elysée Nouvet3Department of Health Information Science, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, CanadaArthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, CanadaWeRobotics, 1204 Geneva, SwitzerlandSchool of Health Studies, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, CanadaDrones are increasingly being introduced to support healthcare delivery around the world. Most Drones for Health projects are currently in the pilot phase, where frontline staff are testing the feasibility of implementing drones into their healthcare system. Many of these projects are happening in remote localities where populations have been historically under-served within national healthcare systems. Currently, there exists limited drone-specific guidance on best practices for engaging individuals in decision-making about drone use in their communities. Towards supporting the development of such guidance, this paper focuses on the issue of obtaining community and individual consent for implementing Drones for Health projects. This paper is based on original qualitative research involving semi-structured interviews (<i>N</i> = 16) with program managers and implementation staff hired to work on health-related projects using drone technologies. In this paper, we introduce a scenario described by one participant to highlight the ethical and practical challenges associated with the implementation and use of drones for health-related purposes. We explore the ethical and practical complexities of obtaining informed consent from individuals who reside in communities where Drones for Health projects are implemented.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/4/247droneshealthcare deliveryinformed consentcollective consentethics |
| spellingShingle | Vyshnave Jeyabalan Lorie Donelle Patrick Meier Elysée Nouvet To Obtain Informed Consent or Not to Obtain Informed Consent? Drones for Health Programs in the Grey Zone between Research and Public Health Drones drones healthcare delivery informed consent collective consent ethics |
| title | To Obtain Informed Consent or Not to Obtain Informed Consent? Drones for Health Programs in the Grey Zone between Research and Public Health |
| title_full | To Obtain Informed Consent or Not to Obtain Informed Consent? Drones for Health Programs in the Grey Zone between Research and Public Health |
| title_fullStr | To Obtain Informed Consent or Not to Obtain Informed Consent? Drones for Health Programs in the Grey Zone between Research and Public Health |
| title_full_unstemmed | To Obtain Informed Consent or Not to Obtain Informed Consent? Drones for Health Programs in the Grey Zone between Research and Public Health |
| title_short | To Obtain Informed Consent or Not to Obtain Informed Consent? Drones for Health Programs in the Grey Zone between Research and Public Health |
| title_sort | to obtain informed consent or not to obtain informed consent drones for health programs in the grey zone between research and public health |
| topic | drones healthcare delivery informed consent collective consent ethics |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/4/247 |
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